Ontario. Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1973-1976

      History

      The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions was renamed the Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions Branch in 1973. It formed a part of the Crown Law Office of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General. In 1976, the Branch was renamed the Crown Law Office- Criminal.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions Branch of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General was responsible for the preparation and argument of all criminal appeals of indictable offences in the province for the Crown in Right of Ontario. The Office also deals with the judiciary, crown attorneys, police and the public, and conducts special prosecutions.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General (1972-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA72

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General controls Ontario. Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1973-1976

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (1948-1973)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA219

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is the predecessor of Ontario. Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Crown Law Office - Criminal (1976-)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA221

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Crown Law Office - Criminal is the successor of Ontario. Criminal Appeals and Special Prosecutions Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA220

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1973-1976

          Ministry of the Attorney General Annual Reports, 1974-1976

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger